Storage Issue

I just bought a used power mac g4 it works great but only has a ten gig HD. I have an external 260 gig that is amazing but my mac will not let me install software on this harddrive. Is there a way arround that? Or is there some setting I have to change?

If you're running 10.4.x, go into System Preferences and see if it will allow you to make the 260GB drive your "Startup Disk".

I am running 10.3 If this works do I have to install OSX on my external?

emokid825 said:

I am running 10.3 If this works do I have to install OSX on my external?

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That is what I would do.
you would have to set up osx on it because you can't start up something if there is no os on it..

What is your external drive formatted as?

i'm not sure what you mean by that.

What file system is your external HD formatted as?

ex2 I believe